China's Living Houses

Description:

It has been said that for the Chinese "a house is a living symbol," one endowed with meaning and the result of conscious action. China's Living Houses is the first book in any language to explore comprehensively the extraordinarily complex links among folk beliefs and household ornamentation across time, space, and social class. Well-written and copiously illustrated, it reveals dwellings as dynamic entities that express the vitality of Chinese families as each journeys through life.

subjects: Dwellings,  Symbolic aspects of Dwellings,  House furnishings,  Social life and customs,  Feng shui,  Feng-shui,  Habitations,  Aspect symbolique,  Ameublement,  Mœurs et coutumes,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Customs & Traditions,  Symbolic aspects,  Manners and customs,  Architecture vernaculaire,  Croyances populaires,  Moeurs et coutumes,  Viviendas,  Aspectos simbólicos,  Muebles,  Vida social y costumbres,  China, social life and customs

Places: China